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BUcKiNeHAM, or BROOKLYN, N. Y., y AssIeNons To HENRY n. BUGKINGHAM, or Dnnrnivnn, coigN.

l SPRING BED-BOTTOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 329,876, dated November- 10, 1885.

Application filed July 2, 1855. Serial No. 110,464. (No model.)

To all whom it. may concern:

Be it known that we, Evnnnrr E.' BAILEY and MILLARD E. BUCKINGHAM, both of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State 02N ew Eer-k, have invented a new and useful Improvement in ySpring Bed-Bottoms; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

Our invention has for its object to provide aiirm yet elastic support for the edges 'of a spring bed-bottom constructed of a Woven-wire mattress supported upon spiral springsv I In this form of bed-bottoms the edge of the wovenwire mattress is apt to draw in toward the center under the weight of a person stretched lupon the bed, and thereby permitsuch a sagging of the mattress in the center, as compared with the sides, as to form a hollow depression, which is uncomfortable. The edge of the mattress also ordinarily yields and gives in,- Iwardly under the Weight of a person seated on the bed, and thereby -becomes strained out of form. To overcome these and other objections due to the ordinary construction of this form of spring-bed,we combine with the edge thereof elastic supports, in manner as hereinafter fully described. n

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 i a transverse section of a vspring bed-bottomhaving our invention applied thereto, Fig. 2, a plan view of a portion of ourimproved bedbottom; Fig. 3 a View of one of the improved edge-supports detached; Fig. 4, a View of one of the auxiliary stays detached; Fig. 5, a sectional view illustrating an edgesuppcrt applied witliout an auxiliary stay, in simplest form.

A represents the frame of lthe bed-bottom, made to supportzand sustain thestrain of a woven-)vire mattress, B, stretchedy thereon. The frame A is tted, with cross-slats C C, to support a series of auxiliary spiral springs', Dl D, iitted under the Woven-wire mattress. The bed-bottom thus constructed of a woven-wire mattress re-enforced Vby spiral springsy and stretched and supported upon a slatted trame is of the approved form in general public` se E E represent our lateral edge-supports for the same, each formed of a bit of elastic wire-A then curved inwardly and outwardly in a cirv t cle, forming a hook or open ring, i, to engage the corded edge o'f the woven-wire mattress B, as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. lA staple, r, is driven into the slat to embrace the wire'E near its inner end, and thereby firmly secure the same, leaving the remainder of the length of the wire to the outer edgefof the slat free to spring and give under pressure. rIhese upwardly-projecting elastic wire hooks or edge-supports E E, iitted to each slat of the bed-bottom and engaging the outer lateral edge of the wire mattress, serve efiectually to sustain thelatter and prevent an inward sagging of its edge, without interfering, however, with the elasticity and easy action o r movement of the mattress in other respects. When used alone, the wire'support is preferably carried throughl a hole in the slat, as at no inFig. 5, and is inclined thence outwardly, (see Fig. 5, and dotted lines, Fig. 3,) to engage the edge of the mattress.

To afford additional stiffness landxrmness to the support for the yielding edge of the mattress which our invention` affords,we combine therewith, in the heavier bed-bottoms, stays or braces constructed each of a thin fiat elastic plate of metal, F, (see Fig. 4,) adapted to be ,screwed or nailed at its inner end to the upper face of the slat, and to project thence with an 'upward inclination to the top of the wire hook i of the support E at the end ofthe slat. In such case the wire E is preferably 3. The end-of the stay is made to engagethe hook by means of a perforation, s," near-its outer end,-and .a4 notch, t, at' the outer end.

v (See Fig. 4.)? The hook is' slipped through I oo y the perforation until .its outer end is caught by the notch. (See Fig. 1.) This stay pre v l I vents eectually the hook from swinging in'- ward, and yet allows it to spring downward, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. l.'

We claim as our invention- 1. The combination, with the slats C C, wovenwire' mattress B, and interposed springs D D, in a spring bed-bottom, of the elastic edge-supports E, constructed each of a bit of wire secured longitudinally under the end of each Slat and bent to project upward therefrom, and which terminates in a. hook or ring' adapted to substantially in the manner zm for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The combinetiomwth the'wire edge-sup ports E E, projecting from the4 ends of the engage the edge of they mattress,

slats in n spring bed-bottom to engage and support the edge of the Woven-wire mattress, of auxiliary stays F, secured each to the upper -fnee of a slut near its end, to extend thence to 2o names to this specification n the presence of 25 two subscribing witnesses.

EVERETT E. BAILEY. v M'ILLARD E. IBUCKINGHAM.

Witnesses:

J. F. ACKER, Jr., A. B. MOORE. 

